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Male/Female Inequity in Tournaments? By Stac3y - 03-05-2009 01:55 PM
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Have any of you noticed an inequity or just weirdness in the divisions offered for women in tournaments?
I've competed in 3 different organizations' tourneys, and here's what I've seen:
In one of them, there is a Senior Executive (40 and up) division for men, but not for women, though they do have an Executive (32 and up) division for women. In the same org, only black belt women's divisions compete in Grand Championships, but brown belt (as well as black belt) men's divisions compete. Also, black belt women's sparring divisions only have lightweight and flyweight groups, while men have 4 groups.
In another, the only division with money prizes is black belt men.
In the third one, the special "big money" event is for male black belts only; and men's kata has more age divisions than women's.
I don't think this is fair, obviously, or I wouldn't be bringing it up.
Is this typical in the tournaments you go to (if you go to any), or is this just a geographical (Southern U.S.) thing?
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Have any of you noticed an inequity or just weirdness in the divisions offered for women in tournaments?
I've competed in 3 different organizations' tourneys, and here's what I've seen:
In one of them, there is a Senior Executive (40 and up) division for men, but not for women, though they do have an Executive (32 and up) division for women. In the same org, only black belt women's divisions compete in Grand Championships, but brown belt (as well as black belt) men's divisions compete. Also, black belt women's sparring divisions only have lightweight and flyweight groups, while men have 4 groups.
In another, the only division with money prizes is black belt men.
In the third one, the special "big money" event is for male black belts only; and men's kata has more age divisions than women's.
I don't think this is fair, obviously, or I wouldn't be bringing it up.
Is this typical in the tournaments you go to (if you go to any), or is this just a geographical (Southern U.S.) thing?
Read More ... or click reply below.
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